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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-2445912

Spears Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Lubbock, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $155,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,808,290

  • Tax year 2024

    $124,005

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,700,838

  • Tax year 2023

    $130,365

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,653,990

  • Tax year 2022

    $102,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,461,702

  • Tax year 2021

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,062,484

  • Tax year 2020

    $99,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,612,224

  • Tax year 2019

    $98,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,642,592

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,116

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,623,459

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Generation NextLake Dallas, TX

    General operations

    $40,000
  2. Baylor UniversityWaco, TX

    Scholarship

    $20,000
  3. Texas Baptist Missions FoundationDallas, TX

    General purposes

    $20,000
  4. Pre-BornIndianapolis, IN

    General purposes

    $18,000
  5. First Baptist ChurchLubbock, TX

    General operations

    $10,000
  6. Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, OK

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  7. Redeemer ChurchLubbock, TX

    General operations

    $10,000
  8. Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC

    General operations

    $10,000
  9. Murphy MinistriesLubbock, TX

    General purposes

    $5,000
  10. Wayland Baptist UniversityLubbock, TX

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  11. Baptist University of the AmericasSan Antonio, TX

    General operations

    $5,000
  12. Partners in Development WorldwideLubbock, TX

    General operations

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $30,00071% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $10,00024% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $2,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas9 grants $117,000
  2. Indiana1 grant $18,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  4. Oklahoma1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Cathleen SpearsCO-TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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